Handle



(No Model.)

H. A. 'HIRSCHFELD HANDLE.

Patented Mar. zo, 1894.d

NITED .STATES Frie.

HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,930, dated March 20, 1894.

Application filed January 13, 1893. Serial No. 458,285. (No model.)

g To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. HIRscnFELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in thecounty of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coffin or other Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cofin and other handles, the object being to improve the jointconstruction of the swinging arms of said handles, whereby the use of the usual pintle orjoint-pin, and of screws for fixing the base on which said arm is hung, to the coffin, are avoided, and greater firmness of attachment is secured.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a handle-arm and its base-plate having joint-connections embodying my improvelnents, this figure showing a section of a board, or sideof an object to which said arm and base are attached, and indioating, in dotted lines, the pending position of said arm. Fig. 2 illustrates, in perspective view, the rear side'of said base, and a portion of said arm, and one end of the handle-bar, the joint-bolt being shown in cross section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the front side of said base, the arm and the joint-bolt detached from the latter, and of a portion of the handle-bar. Fig. 4 illustrates the hooked end of the joint-bolt in two positions.

Heretofore the swinging bar-arms of the class of handles herein shown and described,

have been connected to the base by a jointpin passing transversely through projecting parts on the face 'of said base, and through the end of the arm therebetween, and consequently there is great strain upon said pin when the arm is swung to a position at right angles to the face of the base for the purpose of lifting a heavy object by force applied to the free extremity of the arm. Furthermore, in the foregoing construction it is necessary to secure said base to a coffin or other object by screws. 7As a consequence of said joint construction said arms are frequently broken oif from the base.

In the improved construction herein described and shown, the weakness at the armjoint is obviated, and no screws, separate from the joint parts, are, needed for securing the base. i

In the drawings, h, indicates a section of the side or end of a coffin or similar article.

A is the metallic base to which the swinging handle-arm, B, is jointed in such lnanner that when free it drops to a pending position, and when swung upward by lifting, by the handle-bar, it is brought to nearly 'a horizontal position. The usualhandle-bar,D, passes through the circularv Opening, J, in said arm.l

The joint devices herein shown between the arm, B, and base, A, consist of a metallic staple, a, or similar ring-shaped object, formed on said arm or otherwise solidly fixed thereto. When said arm is made of cast metal, said staple or ring may be placed in the mold and become united to the arm by casting the metal i around a certain part or parts thereof, leaving sufficient projecting, as shown in Fig. 3,

said Opening to be closed when the arm, B,

hangs downward, as in Fig. 2. Therefore, in order to sustain the staple-bearing end of the arm in the requisite upward position for the closing of said opening,d, the hook-end of the bolt, c, is bent as at n, l(Figs. 1, 3 and 4) the 4 hook turningnpward from said bend. The

joint-end of said arm, B, has a swinging bear-' ing on the projections, e, e, on the face of the base, A, the edges of said vprojections entering the curved recesses, i, i, in the under side of the joint-end of said arm. In adjusting said bolt and the connected end of arm, B, properly, in relation to the base, A, as shown in Fig. 1, the bolt is lprevented from drawin g the end of the arm too tightly against said bearing parts, e, e, toallow a free swinging motion, by either providing a shoulder, o, on the bolt just below its hook, which comes to a bearing IOO v on the border of the bolt-hole, f, through the base, when the bolt is secured by nut, i), as in Fig. l; or, by so arranging the bolt that the surface of its bend, n, shall come to a bearing against the border of said bolt-hele, and arrest the endwise movement of the bolt, when the arm and base shall be secured to the part, h, as above described. It will thus be seen that by screwing up said nnt, fu, tightly, the base, A, is secured firmly against the part, h, without the use of other devices, and the arm, B, is pivotally attached to the base, A, with all the strength of the hook, m, and bolt, c.

What I claim as my invention isl. In a coftin handle or similar device, the metallic base piece having projections e, e, on its face, the bolt c, passing through said base and havin g a hook between said projections, and the arm or handle piece B having a staple to en gage the hook of said bolt, and recesses at the sides thereof to receive the projectons e, e, all combined substantially as described. p

2. In a handle of the character described,

the base piece having projections e, e, and a recess between and above the same, the bolt having a hook between said projections, and the handle havinga staple engaging said hook, a curved projection above the staple to enter the recess in the base plate, and side recesses into which the projections from the base plate enter, all combined substantially as described.

HENRY A. I-IIRSOHFELD. Witnesses: i

WM. S. BELLoWs,

H. A. CHAPIN. 

